Indian floating garbage hit water
China 001A hit water
False comparison. Rather a low blow for an elite member....
INS Vikrant undocked on 10 Jun 2015 at a simple ceremony at the Cochin Shipyard Limited.
IAC Vikrant
Laid down 28 February 2009. The ship was launched on 12 August 2013. 75% of the construction work had been completed at the time of launching.
After the launch, Vikrant was re-docked for the second phase of construction, in which the ship will be fitted with various weapons and sensors, and the propulsion system, flight deck and the aircraft complex will be integrated. In December 2014 it was reported that
Vikrant will be commissioned by 2018. Realistically, it will likely be 2020.
Type 001 Liaoning:
Originally built by Nikolayev, Ukraine. Laid down 6 Dec 1985, launched 4 Dec 1988 as
Riga, renamed
Varyag late 1990. Construction stopped by 1992 when the ship was structurally complete but electronics had not been fitted. Propulsion installed but non-operational.
Varyag was moved in June 2005 to a dry dock at Dalian. The ship undertook her first sea trials from 10 August 2011 to 15 August 2011. On 23 September 2012, the aircraft carrier was handed over to the PLAN, and was commissioned on 25 September 2012. On 26 December 2012, the
People's Daily reported that it would take four to five years for the
Liaoning to reach full capacity.
Type 001A
The ship was laid down in 2013 at the Dalian naval shipyard and was launched on 26 April 2017. It is expected to embark on sea trials in 2019. It may then well be another year before she will be commissioned by PLAN.